CELEBRATE GOAN ART

Abanindranath Tagore

 

Abanindranath Tagore

 

 

 

NINE MASTERS

The Temple of Jagannath, Water colour on paperThe twentieth century saw a reaction against the existing western academic art education and emergence of a new movement towards "Modern Indian Art". Abanindranath Tagore (1871-1951) was the first major artistic figure to evolve a national style and a school of painting "The Bengal School". The sources of his inspiration were the frescoes of Ajanta, the Rajput miniature tradition, Chinese scrolls, Japanese woodcuts and the Shilpa Shastras.